Is God fair? That’s a good question. Perhaps ‘just’ might be a better word to use, or ‘forgiving,’ because God certainly is those things. But fair, I’m not sure.

I love to reflect on Matthew, as we remember him each year on September 21. We know Michelangelo’s David, a beautiful, refined, huge, impressive sculpture.

September 17 is the day we honor Hildegard of Bingen, one of my absolute favorite medieval mystics. I call her a Renaissance woman before the Renaissance.

On September 11, we pause to remember those who died in the tragic attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. We also remember the brave souls who rushed towards the horror – firefighters, police officers, passengers on the plane.

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There is a change in the air, can you feel it. I see signs of it all around me; brown leaves here and there; slightly cooler nightly temperatures; children and grandchildren going back to live in their own home; college football starting this weekend and church service times returning to 8:00 and 10:00 am. the following week.